| "Sunny Came Home" | ||||
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| Single by Shawn Colvin | ||||
| from the album A Few Small Repairs | ||||
| B-side | "What I Get Paid For" | |||
| Released | June 24, 1997 | |||
| Studio | Shelter Island | |||
| Genre | Folk rock[1] | |||
| Length | 4:24 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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| Producer(s) | John Leventhal | |||
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| "Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home" on YouTube | ||||
"Sunny Came Home" is a folk-rock song by American musician Shawn Colvin. It is the opening track on her 1996 concept album, A Few Small Repairs, and was released as a CD and cassette single on June 24, 1997. In the United Kingdom, the song was released in July 1997 but did not chart until a re-release in May 1998.
"Sunny Came Home" was a commercial success, reaching number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 to become Colvin's first entry and first top-10 single on the chart. In Canada, the song peaked at number three, while in Iceland, it reached number 20. The song was also a critical success, winning both Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Song of the Year and was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
- ^ "Here is a List of Every GRAMMYs Song of the Year Winner Ever". CBS Interactive. February 9, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2016.